RCH Steam Sleigh

Brewed by RCH
Style: Bitter
Weston-super-Mare, England

Serve in English pint

Cask. Orange colour, slightly off-white head. Aroma is mildly roasted malts along with caramel and fruits. Flavour is fruits, caramel malts, some slight roated notes as well as mild spices and some nuttyness. Semidry palate.

Cask in counting house. Aroma is lager malts and sweetish hints. Taste is similar to be honest reminds me of a really well made can of miller pilsner!

Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 16 Dec 2008. Golden colour with frothy, white head. Fruity, floral nose with citrus, apricots and bready malt. Fruity, floral taste with notes of citrus, biscuity malt and fresh citrussy hops in the finish. Fairly thin body. Not very wintery, but refreshing and nice.

Cask at 3 judges glasgow ... Golden amber ... grapefruit hop ... sweet fruity grapefruit hop witha little grassy hop.

Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Pale Gold with white head. Toffee caramel initially with a faint touch of peach. Then a developing citrusy note, but the beer was a touch off form. Reasonable.

Cask conditioned Handpump Cordwainer Northampton. A golden beer with a whitish head. Sweet and yeasty throughout. Hints of lemon. Attempts at citrussy flavours. A reasonable taste but so ordinary, and not Christmassy in any way.

Cask, The Last Plantagenet, Leicester. Golden with an off-white head. Aromas are soft apricot and melon with biscuit malts. Some citrus with spices, too. Flavours are fruity and soft with sweet lemon. Yeasty and dry on the finish.

JDW - Gatehouse, Highgate. Bready pale session bitter with some pleasant light fruit. A refreshing ale.